I'm happy with McAvoy's casting. It shows their using the Batman model, and casting good Actors. And with Brian Singer producing, and Mathew Vaughn directing...I feel good about the future of X-men for the first time since Brian left.

I have no idea who this James McAvoy is, but hopefully he will be a good replacement for Patrick Stewart. Ooops! Before finishing my post I did a Wikipedia search, I have seen him as Mr. Tumnus in Narnia! Other than that....i've seen nothing of his.

I have no idea who this James McAvoy is, but hopefully he will be a good replacement for Patrick Stewart. Ooops! Before finishing my post I did a Wikipedia search, I have seen him as Mr. Tumnus in Narnia! Other than that....i've seen nothing of his.

Amazing! He's adorable.
(and you so didn't need to censor yourself out of the picture! )

Ahhh...James' face is the one that matters! (I use the same picture in my Facebook profile...I just didn't want to post a gigantic version of my face here! )
James was übber adorable with the fans...he came at the stage door every night to sign autographs, and always asked if he was forgetting someone. There are a lot of youtube videos that are worth checking - it's hard not to fall in love with him!
And the play was great, as was his performance; he was nominated for an Olivier (kind of a Tony in the UK) award for it.

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I saw James on The Daily Show when he was promoting Wanted, and he was going on about going to a Yankee game. Loved it.

Haha, yes, he talked about eating a lot of food at the stadium, that it was like a picnic...and Jon's "do you smoke crack?" at the end was hilarious!

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I loved him in Chronicles of Narnia - that's been one of my favorite books since I was about 8, and he was a perfect Mr. Tumnus.

It's funny because I've never heard of James when I saw Narnia, but from the moment he showed up in the film he caught my attention. Two years later I was watching a film on tv and I was like "Who's this amazing actor? Damn, he's brilliant!" It was "Inside I'm Dancing". and I had no idea the main actor was Mr. Tumnus!

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Loved it. It was really intense. They played Chicago cops recounting a bunch of massive screwups that led to the death of a young boy, among other things.

It was also fun to watch Hugh drop a impressive number of f-bombs in just 90 minutes.

Sounds great! And I love when Hugh gets mad...no wonder he's a great Wolverine!

__________________”We live in times when hate and fear seem stronger. We rise and fall, and light from dying embers: remembrances that hope and love last longer. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside."

The troubling thing with the casting as a whole is that Xavier is supposed to be a father figure to these kids... not an older brother. The guy is too young to be a middle aged man with teenage kids. Look at the scene in X-3. Eric/Charles were easily in their 40's... and Jean was a kid... 11-12 years old? How can you cast someone 19-20 for Jean? There is only so much makeup you can use to make McAvoy look 50. It's not believable. I won't care one bit if this turns into separate continuity, but they need to come out and say that.

What don't I understand about it? You don't think I realize this is a Magneto/Xavier movie? I am saying you can't add a 20 year old Cyke/Jean Grey unless they add about twenty years to McAvoy. Not easy to do convincingly.